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Lex mercatoria

body of commercial law used by merchants throughout Europe during the medieval period
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Lex mercatoria

Summary

Lex mercatoria ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Lex mercatoria's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tk45[2].
  • Lex mercatoria's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[3].
  • Lex mercatoria's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000173710[4].
  • Lex mercatoria's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as money/law-merchant[5].
  • Lex mercatoria's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777189540[6].

Why It Matters

Lex mercatoria ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (55 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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